Tuesday, 21 October 2014

Types of Conjunctions (with example)

Types of Conjunctions

Conjunction is a word which is used to link a word or a group of
words to the other part of the sentences and it shows the relationship between
them. There are four kinds of Conjunction as follow:

1) Coordinating
Conjunctions

2) Correlative
Conjunctions

3) Subordinating
Conjunction

4) Adverbial
Conjunctions/Linking Adverbs

1) COORDINATING CONJUNCTION

Coordinating conjunction is used to join a single word like
noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, phrase or clause. There are seven
Coordinating conjunctions that are called FANBOYS.They are For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet and So.

Formula:

Sentence + , + FANBOYS + Sentence

Example:

1. She stares at me, for she loves me.

2. I know you, and I pity you, too.

3. He can’t dive a car, nor can you dive it.

For: is used to show a
reason or a cause.

Example: We
come here, for we want learn English.

And: is used to show
additional information.

Example: She
misses me, and she also loves me.

Nor: is used to show
impossible result.

Example: She
doesn’t love you, nor does she pity you.

But: is used to show the
differences.

Example: They
have many friends, but he still feels lonely.

Or: is used to show
another choice.

Example: Students
must learn their lesson, or they will fail the exams.

Yet: is used to show
unexpected result.

Example: We
study hard, yet we still fail our exams.

So: is used to show
the result.

Example: She
is very beautiful and friendly, so every body falls in love with her.

2) CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTION

Correlative conjunctions are conjunctions which are used in pair
and they emphasize the elements that join together. There are four pairs of
Correlative conjunctions as follow:

1) Both
.........................and...............................

2) Either .......................or.................................

3)
Neither.....................nor................................

4) Not only ..................but also.........................

Example:

- I drink both wine and beer. (noun with noun)

- She either eats cake or drink beer. (verb with verb)

- He is neither famous nor popular. (adjective with
adjective)

- She speaks not onlysweetly but also softly. (adverb with adverb)

3) SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTION

Subordinating conjunctions are a word or phrase which is used to
join the unequal elements. One element is called “main clause” and another is
called “subordinate clause” which cannot stand alone. Those Subordinating
Conjunctions are:

Adverbial conjunctions/Linking adverbs are the adverbs that are
used to join two independent clauses. Adverbial conjunctions/Linking adverbs
show the relationship between two sentences; and in general, adverbial
conjunctions/linking adverbs express the result, contrast, orcontinuation.

Results

Contrast

Continuation

Accordingly

As a result

As a consequence

Therefore

Thus

Hence

Nevertheless

However

Nonetheless

Conversely

Instead

On the other hand

Furthermore

Further

In addition

Also

Beside

Moreover

Formula:

Sentence + ; + Linking Adverb + , + Sentence

Example:

- They have never learned their lessons; as a result, they fall
their lessons.

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